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'''Mark Evan Dorazio''' (born January 4, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-dorazio/e183709701456|title=Mark E. Dorazio|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who is the interim chairman of the [[Republican Party]] in Bexar County. He assumed the position in December 2017, when the incumbent [[Robert Stovall]] resigned to run in the March 6, 2018, primary for the District 21 seat being vacated by the long-term Republican incumebent [[Lamar Smith]].

'''Mark Evan Dorazio''' (born January 4, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-dorazio/e183709701456|title=Mark E. Dorazio|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who is the interim chairman of the [[Republican Party]] in Bexar County. He assumed the position in December 2017, when the incumbent [[Robert Stovall]] resigned to run in the March 6, 2018, primary for the District 21 seat being vacated by the long-term Republican incumebent [[Lamar Smith]].

He is also one of the sixty-two elected members of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee, a panel which voted by a two-thirds majority, 44-19, on January 27, 2018, to censure outgoing Texas House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio for Straus' blocking of much of the [[conservative]] agenda advanced in 2017 by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]]. Dorazio said in the executive committee deliberations that Straus had subverted the party's platform and kept the state from becoming the conservative "shining city on the hill".<ref>Jonathan Tilove, "State GPP executive panel censures Straus: House speaker didn't go along with agenda," ''San Antonio Express-News'', January 28, 2010, p. A6.</ref>  

He is also one of the sixty-two elected members of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee, a panel which voted by a two-thirds majority, 44-19, on January 27, 2018, to censure outgoing Texas House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio for Straus' blocking of much of the [[conservative]] agenda advanced in 2017 by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]]. Dorazio said in the executive committee deliberations that Straus had subverted the party's platform and kept the state from becoming the conservative "shining city on the hill".<ref>Jonathan Tilove, "State GOP executive panel censures Straus: House speaker didn't go along with agenda," ''San Antonio Express-News'', January 28, 2010, p. A6.</ref>  

Former chairman Stovall, though also considered conservative, had defended Straus against the Speaker's detractors. Straus announced late in 2017 that he will not seek re-nomination in the March 6 Republican primary and hence will vacate the Speaker's chair. Conservatives also targeted a key Straus ally,  Representative Lyle Larson of San Antonio, and being at odds with the grassroots; Larson faces conservative opposition in the March 6 primary. In 2017, Straus prevented the state House of Representatives from taking a on the bill pushed by Lieutenant Governor [[Dan Patrick]] to forbid transgendered men from entering women's restrooms on the grounds that the legislation would discourage business expansion in Texas. However, in 2015, the staunchly pro-life Stovall became an early and ardent supporter of the [[Donald Trump]] presidential campaign.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Candidate out to Make District 21 great again", ''San Antonio Express-News'', January 26, 2018, p. A2.</ref>

Former chairman Stovall, though also considered conservative, had defended Straus against the Speaker's detractors. Straus announced late in 2017 that he will not seek re-nomination in the March 6 Republican primary and hence will vacate the Speaker's chair. Conservatives also targeted a key Straus ally,  Representative Lyle Larson of San Antonio, and being at odds with the grassroots; Larson faces conservative opposition in the March 6 primary. In 2017, Straus prevented the state House of Representatives from taking a on the bill pushed by Lieutenant Governor [[Dan Patrick]] to forbid transgendered men from entering women's restrooms on the grounds that the legislation would discourage business expansion in Texas. However, in 2015, the staunchly pro-life Stovall became an early and ardent supporter of the [[Donald Trump]] presidential campaign.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Candidate out to Make District 21 great again", ''San Antonio Express-News'', January 26, 2018, p. A2.</ref>